An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had
hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline
had a policy, which required the first officer to stand at
the door while the passengers exited, give a smile, and a
"Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of
his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers
in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart
comment, but no one seemed annoyed.

Finally everyone had gotten off except for one little old
lady walking with a cane. She approached and asked,
conspiratorially, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?"